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Commerce to issue the preliminary
determination in a CVD investigation
within 65 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation.
However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act
permits Commerce to postpone the
preliminary determination until no later
than 130 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation if:
(A) the petitioner makes a timely
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concerned are cooperating, that the
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Commerce will grant the request unless
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request.
On August 29, 2023, the petitioner 2
submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary
determination in this investigation.3
The petitioner stated that a
postponement of the preliminary
determination is necessary because the
mandatory respondents have not yet
submitted initial questionnaire
responses and additional time will be
needed to review those responses and
issue supplemental questionnaires
should there be deficiencies.4
In accordance with 19 CFR
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reasons for requesting a postponement
of the preliminary determination, and
Commerce finds no compelling reason
to deny the request. Therefore, in
accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of
the Act, Commerce is postponing the
deadline for the preliminary
determination to no later than 130 days
after the date on which this
investigation was initiated, i.e.,
December 11, 2023.5 Pursuant to section
705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final
determination of this investigation will
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2 The
petitioner is PURIS Proteins, LLC.
3 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Extension of
Preliminary Determination Deadline,’’ dated August
29, 2023.
4 Id.
5 Postponing the preliminary determination to
130 days after initiation would place the deadline
on Saturday, December 9, 2023. Commerce’s
practice dictates that where a deadline falls on a
weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate
deadline is the next business day. See Notice of
Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next Business Day’’
Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines
Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70
FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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continue to be 75 days after the date of
the preliminary determination.
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: September 1, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–201–836]
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and
Tube From Mexico: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2021–2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
finds that Maquilacero S.A. de C.V.
(Maquilacero) and Tecnicas de Fluidos
S.A. de C.V. (TEFLU), (collectively,
Maquilacero/TEFLU) and Regiomontana
de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V.
(Regiopytsa) sold light-walled
rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT)
from Mexico at less than normal value
during the period of review (POR),
August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022.
We invite interested parties to comment
on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable September 8, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles Doss or John Conniff, AD/CVD
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4474 and (202) 482–1009,
respectively.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 5, 2008, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on LWRPT
from Mexico.1 On August 2, 2022,
Commerce published in the Federal
Register a notice of opportunity to
request administrative reviews of the
1 See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube
from Mexico, the People’s Republic of China and
Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty Orders; LightWalled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the
Republic of Korea: Notice of Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 73
FR 45403 (August 5, 2008) (Order).
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Order.2 On October 11, 2022, based on
timely requests for review, in
accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act)
and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce
initiated an administrative review of the
Order covering 20 companies.3 On
January 3, 2023, we selected
Maquilacero/TEFLU and Regiopytsa for
individual examination as the
mandatory respondents in this
administrative review.4 Pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act,
Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results until August 31,
2023.5
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of the
review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.6 A list of topics included
in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included in the
appendix to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order
is certain light-walled rectangular pipe
and tube from Mexico. The LWRPT
subject to the Order is currently
classified under the Harmonized Tariff
2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual
Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 47187 (August 2, 2022).
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR
61278 (October 11, 2022) (Initiation Notice). We
note that Commerce has previously determined that
Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V.
is the successor-in-interest to Regiomontana de
Perfiles y Tubos S.A. de C.V. and that Maquilacero
and TEFLU comprise a single entity. See, e.g., LightWalled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico:
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018–
2019, 85 FR 83886 (December 23, 2020), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum
at 6, unchanged in Light Walled Rectangular Pipe
and Tube from Mexico: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 2018–
2019, 86 FR 33646 (June 25, 2021).
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’
dated January 3, 2023.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated April 3, 2023.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results: Light-Walled Rectangular
Pipe and Tube from Mexico; 2021–2022,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
subheadings 7306.61.5000 and
7306.61.7060. While HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and Customs purposes; the
written description of the scope of the
Order is dispositive.
For a complete description of the
scope, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Act. Export price was calculated in
accordance with section 772 of the Act.
Normal value was calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Examined Companies
For the rate for companies not
selected for individual examination in
an administrative review, generally,
Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of
the Act, which provides instructions for
calculating the all-others rate in a lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigation.
Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act,
the all-others rate is normally ‘‘an
amount equal to the weighted average of
the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins established for
exporters and producers individually
investigated, excluding any zero or de
minimis margins, and any margins
determined entirely {on the basis of
facts available}.’’ In this administrative
review, we calculated weighted-average
dumping margins for Maquilacero/
TEFLU and Regiopytsa that are not zero,
de minimis, or based entirely on total
facts available. For the respondents that
were not selected for individual
examination in this administrative
review, we have assigned to them the
simple average of the weighted-average
dumping margins calculated for
Maquilacero/TELFLU and Regiopytsa,
consistent with the guidance in section
735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.7
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period
August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022:
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter or producer
Maquilacero S.A. de C.V./Tecnicas de Fluidos S.A. de C.V ..............................................................................................................
Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V .......................................................................................................................
Aceros Cuatro Caminos S.A. de C.V ..................................................................................................................................................
Arco Metal S.A. de C.V .......................................................................................................................................................................
Fabricaciones y Servicios de Mexico ..................................................................................................................................................
Galvak, S.A. de C.V ............................................................................................................................................................................
Grupo Estructuras y Perfiles ...............................................................................................................................................................
Industrias Monterrey S.A. de C.V ........................................................................................................................................................
Internacional de Aceros, S.A. de C.V .................................................................................................................................................
Nacional de Acero S.A. de C.V ...........................................................................................................................................................
PEASA-Productos Especializados de Acero .......................................................................................................................................
Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V .....................................................................................................................................................................
Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V ...............................................................................................................................
Talleres Acero Rey S.A. de C.V ..........................................................................................................................................................
Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V ...............................................................................................................................................................
Tuberias Aspe S.A de C.V ..................................................................................................................................................................
Tuberia Laguna, S.A. de C.V ..............................................................................................................................................................
Tuberias y Derivados S.A. de C.V ......................................................................................................................................................
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed for these preliminary results
to interested parties within five days
after the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Interested parties will be notified of
the timeline for the submission of such
case briefs and written comments at a
later date. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be
filed not later than seven days after the
date for filing case briefs.8 Parties who
submit case or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each argument: (1) a statement of
7 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at
‘‘Companies Not Selected For Individual
Examination;’’ see also Memorandum, ‘‘Calculation
of Non-Selected Rate in Preliminary Results,’’ dated
concurrently with this notice; Ball Bearings and
Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
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the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.9
Executive summaries should be limited
to five pages total, including footnotes.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, filed electronically via
Commerce’s electronic records system,
ACCESS, within 30 days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.10 Requests should contain: (1)
the party’s name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of
participants; and (3) a list of issues
parties intend to discuss. Issues raised
in the hearing will be limited to those
and the United Kingdom: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final
Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and
Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663
(September 1, 2010).
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raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing
is made, Commerce intends to hold the
hearing at a time and date to be
determined. Parties should confirm the
date, time, and location of the hearing
two days before the scheduled date.
All submissions to Commerce should
be filed using ACCESS.11 An
electronically filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety by
ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the
date that the document is due. Note that
Commerce had modified certain of its
requirements for serving documents
8 See
19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
10 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
11 See 19 CFR 351.303.
9 See
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containing business proprietary
information, until further notice.12
Final Results of Review
Unless extended, we intend to issue
the final results of this administrative
review, which will include the results of
our analysis of all issues raised in the
case and rebuttal briefs, within 120 days
of publication of these preliminary
results in the Federal Register.13
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Verification
On January 19, 2023, Nucor Tubular
Products Inc., a domestic interested
party, requested that Commerce conduct
verification of the information
submitted in the Maquilacero/TEFLU’s
responses.14 Accordingly, as provided
in section 782(i)(3) of the Act,
Commerce intends to verify
Maquilacero/TEFLU’s information that
will be relied upon in determining the
final results of review.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of
this administrative review, pursuant to
section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act,
Commerce shall determine, and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise.
For individually examined
respondents whose weighted-average
dumping margin is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent), we
will calculate importer-specific ad
valorem antidumping duty assessment
rates based on the ratio of the total
amount of dumping calculated for the
importer’s examined sales to the total
entered value of those same sales in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
If the respondent has not reported
entered values, we will calculate a perunit assessment rate for each importer
by dividing the total amount of
dumping calculated for the examined
sales made to that importer by the total
quantity associated with those sales. To
determine whether an importer-specific,
per-unit assessment rate is de minimis,
in accordance with 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based
on estimated entered values. Where
either a respondent’s weighted average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis,
or an importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is zero or de minimis,
12 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD
Service Requirements Due to COVID 19; Extension
of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
13 See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR
351.213(h).
14 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for
Verification,’’ dated January 19, 2023.
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we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.15
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by each
individually examined respondent for
which the producer did not know that
the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate such entries at the all-others
rate (3.76 percent) if there is no rate for
the intermediate company(ies) involved
in the transaction.16
For those companies which were not
individually examined, we will instruct
CBP to assess antidumping duties at an
ad valorem rate equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin determined for
the non-examined companies in the
final results of this review.
The final results of this review shall
be the basis for the assessment of
antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise covered by this review
where applicable. Commerce intends to
issue assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 41 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective for all shipments of the
subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the
cash deposit rate for each specific
company listed above will be equal to
the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this
administrative review, except if the rate
is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore,
de minimis within the meaning of 19
CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the
cash deposit rates will be zero; (2) for
previously reviewed or investigated
companies not participating in this
review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate
published for the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding in
which the producer or exporter
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a
firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or the original investigation but
the producer is, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of this
proceeding for the producer of the
subject merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be the allothers rate of 3.76 percent.17
These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this
review period. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in
Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
preliminary results of review in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: August 31, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Companies Not Selected for Individual
Examination
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–810]
Stainless Steel Bar from India: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2021–2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
producers/exporters of stainless steel
bar (SS Bar) did not make sales at prices
AGENCY:
15 See
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also
Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103
(February 14, 2012).
16 See Order, 73 FR at 45405; see also
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-836]
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. (Maquilacero) and Tecnicas de Fluidos
S.A. de C.V. (TEFLU), (collectively, Maquilacero/TEFLU) and
Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V. (Regiopytsa) sold
light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) from Mexico at less than
normal value during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2021, through
July 31, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable September 8, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Doss or John Conniff, AD/CVD
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4474 and (202) 482-1009,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 5, 2008, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on LWRPT from Mexico.\1\ On August 2, 2022,
Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to
request administrative reviews of the Order.\2\ On October 11, 2022,
based on timely requests for review, in accordance with section
751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an administrative review of the
Order covering 20 companies.\3\ On January 3, 2023, we selected
Maquilacero/TEFLU and Regiopytsa for individual examination as the
mandatory respondents in this administrative review.\4\ Pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results until August 31, 2023.\5\
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\1\ See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico, the
People's Republic of China and Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty
Orders; Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the Republic of
Korea: Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 73 FR 45403 (August 5, 2008) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 47187 (August 2,
2022).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 61278 (October 11, 2022) (Initiation
Notice). We note that Commerce has previously determined that
Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V. is the
successor-in-interest to Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S.A. de
C.V. and that Maquilacero and TEFLU comprise a single entity. See,
e.g., Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico:
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 85 FR 83886 (December 23, 2020),
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 6, unchanged in
Light Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 2018-2019, 86 FR 33646 (June
25, 2021).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated January 3,
2023.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated April 3,
2023.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of the review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ A
list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included in the appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results: Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico; 2021-
2022,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is certain light-walled
rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico. The LWRPT subject to the Order
is currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff
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Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7306.61.5000 and
7306.61.7060. While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and
Customs purposes; the written description of the scope of the Order is
dispositive.
For a complete description of the scope, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act. Export price was calculated in accordance with
section 772 of the Act. Normal value was calculated in accordance with
section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Examined Companies
For the rate for companies not selected for individual examination
in an administrative review, generally, Commerce looks to section
735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the
all-others rate in a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation. Under
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally ``an
amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually
investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis margins, and any margins
determined entirely {on the basis of facts available{time} .'' In this
administrative review, we calculated weighted-average dumping margins
for Maquilacero/TEFLU and Regiopytsa that are not zero, de minimis, or
based entirely on total facts available. For the respondents that were
not selected for individual examination in this administrative review,
we have assigned to them the simple average of the weighted-average
dumping margins calculated for Maquilacero/TELFLU and Regiopytsa,
consistent with the guidance in section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.\7\
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\7\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at ``Companies Not
Selected For Individual Examination;'' see also Memorandum,
``Calculation of Non-Selected Rate in Preliminary Results,'' dated
concurrently with this notice; Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of
Changed-Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75
FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010).
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Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period August 1, 2021, through July 31,
2022:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter or producer dumping margin
(percent)
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Maquilacero S.A. de C.V./Tecnicas de Fluidos S.A. de C.V 5.08
Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V...... 1.29
Aceros Cuatro Caminos S.A. de C.V....................... 3.19
Arco Metal S.A. de C.V.................................. 3.19
Fabricaciones y Servicios de Mexico..................... 3.19
Galvak, S.A. de C.V..................................... 3.19
Grupo Estructuras y Perfiles............................ 3.19
Industrias Monterrey S.A. de C.V........................ 3.19
Internacional de Aceros, S.A. de C.V.................... 3.19
Nacional de Acero S.A. de C.V........................... 3.19
PEASA-Productos Especializados de Acero................. 3.19
Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V................................ 3.19
Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V............ 3.19
Talleres Acero Rey S.A. de C.V.......................... 3.19
Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V.............................. 3.19
Tuberias Aspe S.A de C.V................................ 3.19
Tuberia Laguna, S.A. de C.V............................. 3.19
Tuberias y Derivados S.A. de C.V........................ 3.19
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties within five days after the
date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b).
Interested parties will be notified of the timeline for the
submission of such case briefs and written comments at a later date.
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be
filed not later than seven days after the date for filing case
briefs.\8\ Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) a statement
of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.\9\ Executive summaries should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, within 30 days of the
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\10\
Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and telephone
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues
parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited
to those raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. If a
request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at
a time and date to be determined. Parties should confirm the date,
time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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All submissions to Commerce should be filed using ACCESS.\11\ An
electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety by ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the date that the document
is due. Note that Commerce had modified certain of its requirements for
serving documents
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containing business proprietary information, until further notice.\12\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\12\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID 19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
10, 2020).
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Final Results of Review
Unless extended, we intend to issue the final results of this
administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis
of all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs, within 120 days
of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal
Register.\13\
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\13\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 351.213(h).
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Verification
On January 19, 2023, Nucor Tubular Products Inc., a domestic
interested party, requested that Commerce conduct verification of the
information submitted in the Maquilacero/TEFLU's responses.\14\
Accordingly, as provided in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, Commerce
intends to verify Maquilacero/TEFLU's information that will be relied
upon in determining the final results of review.
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\14\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Verification,''
dated January 19, 2023.
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of this administrative review,
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise.
For individually examined respondents whose weighted-average
dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50
percent), we will calculate importer-specific ad valorem antidumping
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total entered value
of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If the
respondent has not reported entered values, we will calculate a per-
unit assessment rate for each importer by dividing the total amount of
dumping calculated for the examined sales made to that importer by the
total quantity associated with those sales. To determine whether an
importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated entered values.
Where either a respondent's weighted average dumping margin is zero or
de minimis, or an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero
or de minimis, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\15\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each
individually examined respondent for which the producer did not know
that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the all-others rate (3.76
percent) if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved
in the transaction.\16\
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\16\ See Order, 73 FR at 45405; see also Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For those companies which were not individually examined, we will
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at an ad valorem rate equal
to the weighted-average dumping margin determined for the non-examined
companies in the final results of this review.
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
this review where applicable. Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 41 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this review in the Federal
Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for each specific
company listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin established in the final results of this administrative review,
except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis
within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash
deposit rates will be zero; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated
companies not participating in this review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most
recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the producer or
exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in
this review, a prior review, or the original investigation but the
producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of
the subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to be the all-others rate of 3.76
percent.\17\
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\17\ See Order, 73 FR at 45405.
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These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: August 31, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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